On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 4:26:42 AM UTC-6, dls...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 12:29:27 AM UTC-5, observer wrote:

..> > Forbes 400 richest Americans
..> > https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/
..> > 1. Elon Musk ..... $251 billion (Tesla, SpaceX)
..> > 2. Jeff Bezos ..... $151 billion (Amazon)
..> > 3. Bill Gates ....... $106 billion (Microsoft)
..> > 4. Larry Ellison ... $101 billion (Oracle)
..> >
..> > Top 51 sports owners
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/
..> >
..> > The following are where NFL owners rank among
..> > the Top 51 sports owners (in parentheses, where
..> > Top 18 NFL owners rank on Forbes 400):
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 48. (Tie) Robert “woody” Johnson (tied for 327th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: New York Jets
..> > Source of Wealth: Johnson & Johnson, Sports
..> > Net Worth: $3.4 Billion (New)
..> >
..> > Robert Wood Johnson founded health products
..> > giant Johnson & Johnson in 1886, providing the
..> > world with dental floss and first-aid kits. His son,
..> > Robert Wood Johnson II, was nicknamed “The
..> > General” and took over the family business in
..> > 1932, in the process turning it into a global brand.
..> >
..> > The General and brother Seward Johnson both
..> > died with enormous fortunes; The General left
..> > the bulk of his to the Robert Wood Johnson
..> > Foundation.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/5/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 48. (Tie) James Irsay (tied for 327th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Indianapolis Colts
..> > Source of Wealth: Indianapolis Colts
..> > Net Worth: $3.4 Billion (1-Year-Change: -2.9%)
..> >
..> > Jim Irsay owns the Indianapolis Colts, the NFL
..> > team he inherited from his father, Robert Irsay
..> > (d. 1997). He grew up with the Colts, living with
..> > the team during summer camp & traveling on
..> > the team bus.
..> >
..> > Irsay played football at Southern Methodist Uni-
..> > versity, where he studied broadcast journalism,
..> > before joining the Colts’ front office.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/6/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 39. Jeffrey Lurie (tied for 241st richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Philadelphia Eagles
..> > Source of Wealth: Philadelphia Eagles
..> > Net Worth: $4.4 Billion (1-Year-Change: 25.7%)
..> >
..> > Jeffrey Lurie, a former professor of social policy,
..> > is the outspoken owner of the Philadelphia Eagles
..> > NFL team. In 1994, Lurie took out a loan to buy
..> > the Philadelphia Eagles for $185 million.
..> >
..> > The team is now worth $4.9 billion. Lurie took an
..> > executive role at General Cinema Corporation, the
..> > film company founded by his grandfather, in 1983.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/13/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 37. Gayle Benson (tied for 211th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans
..> > Source of Wealth: Pro Sports Teams
..> > Net Worth: $4.7 Billion (1-Year-Change: 23.7%)
..> >
..> > Gayle Benson is the widow of Tom Benson (d. March
..> > 2018), former owner of the NFL New Orleans Saints
..> > & NBA New Orleans Pelicans. She is now the owner
..> > of both teams, despite a multi-year dispute with Tom’s
..> > daughter & grandchildren over control of family assets.
..> >
..> > Family members sued, claiming Tom was mentally
..> > incompetent; the parties ended the dispute in early
..> > 2017 with a confidential settlement.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/15/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 35. Dan Snyder (tied for 211th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Washington Commanders
..> > Source of Wealth: Washington Commanders
..> > Net Worth: $4.9 Billion (1-Year-Change: 22.5%)
..> >
..> > Dan Snyder initially made his fortune with a market-
..> > ing business, Snyder Communications, that he started
..> > as a college dropout. After taking the company public
..> > in 1996, Snyder sold it to French firm Havas for $2.1
..> > billion in stock in 2000.
..> >
..> > In 1999, he bought the NFL’s Washington DC franchise
..> > for $750 million, borrowing $350 million to do so; it’s
..> > now worth $4.2 billion.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/17/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 34. (Tie) Janice Mcnair (tied for 202nd richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Houston Texans
..> > Source of Wealth: Energy, Sports
..> > Net Worth: $5 Billion (19%)
..> >
..> > Janice McNair, widow of Robert (Bob) McNair, inher-
..> > ited her late husband’s 80% stake in the NFL’s Houston
..> > Texans; he died in 2018. The couple met at Columbia
..> > College in South Carolina in the late 1950s & moved
..> > to Houston.
..> >
..> > Together they had 4 children & 15 grandchildren. Bob
..> > made his first fortune selling his power generator
..> > company Cogen Technologies to Enron for $1.5 billion
..> > in 1999.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/18/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 34. (Tie) Jimmy Haslam (tied for 202nd richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Cleveland Browns, Columbus Crew
..> > Source of Wealth: Gas Stations, Retail
..> > Net Worth: $5 Billion (1-Year-Change: 35.1%)
..> >
..> > Jimmy Haslam is chairman of Pilot Flying J, the truck
..> > stop company founded in 1958 by his father, who paid
..> > $6,000 for a gas station in Virginia. Berkshire Hathaway
..> > paid a reported $2.8 billion for 39% of Pilot in 2017 &
..> > will acquire another 41% by 2023.
..> >
..> > Pilot has more than 800 locations in North America &
..> > generates about $26 billion in annual revenue.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/21/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 30. Denise York & Family (196th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: San Francisco 49ers
..> > Source of Wealth: San Francisco 49ers
..> > Net Worth: $5.1 Billion (1-Year-Change: 27.5%)
..> >
..> > Denise York’s family owns over 90% of the San Fran-
..> > cisco 49ers, one of the 10 most valuable teams in
..> > the NFL. York’s father, Edward Debartolo Sr. (d. 1994)
..> > bought the team for $13 million in 1977. It is now
..> > worth $5.2 billion.
..> >
..> > York took control of the 49ers in 2000 from her bro-
..> > ther, Edward Jr., who found himself in legal trouble
..> > after owning the team for 23 years.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/22/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 21. (Tie) Stephen Bisciotti (143rd richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Baltimore Ravens
..> > Source of Wealth: Staffing, Baltimore Ravens
..> > Net Worth: $6.4 Billion (1-Year-Change: 12.3%)
..> >
..> > Steve Bisciotti worked in staffing for a year after
..> > college before starting Allegis Group in 1983 with
..> > his cousin, fellow billionaire Jim Davis.
..> >
..> > What started in a basement has evolved into the
..> > largest staffing firm in the U.S., with $12.3 billion
..> > in yearly revenue. Bisciotti also owns the NFL’s
..> > Baltimore Ravens, worth $3.4 billion. The team
..> > most recently won a Super Bowl title in 2013.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/33/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 17. (Tie) Terrence Pegula (128th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres
..> > Source of Wealth: Natural Gas
..> > Net Worth: $6.7 Billion (1-Year-Change: 17.5%)
..> >
..> > Terry Pegula made a fortune in oil and gas & has
..> > since turned it into a sports empire that includes
..> > the Buffalo Bills & Buffalo Sabres. His oil & gas
..> > outfit, East Resources, sold the bulk of its assets
..> > to Royal Dutch Shell for $4.7 billion in 2010.
..> >
..> > He bought the Sabres the next year for $189 mil-
..> > lion and in 2014 outbid groups led by Donald
..> > Trump & Bon Jovi to pick up the Bills for $1.4 bil-
..> > lion.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/36/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 15. Arthur Blank (99th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United
..> > Source of Wealth: Home Depot
..> > Net Worth: $7.6 Billion (1-Year-Change: 5.6%)
..> >
..> > Arthur Blank & Bernie Marcus cofounded Home
..> > Depot in 1978 after being fired from their jobs at
..> > a regional hardware store. Blank retired as Home
..> > Depot’s co-chairman in 2001 & bought the NFL’s
..> > Atlanta Falcons for $545 million in 2002 (his
..> > stake’s now worth $1.8 billion).
..> >
..> > He brought pro soccer to Atlanta with his Major
..> > League Soccer team Atlanta United FC, which
..> > started playing in March 2017.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/37/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 12. Robert Kraft (59th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: New England Patriots, New England Revolution
..> > Source of Wealth: New England Patriots
..> > Net Worth: $10.6 Billion (1-Year-Change: 27.7%)
..> >
..> > Robert Kraft bought the New England Patriots for
..> > $172 million in 1994; the team is now worth about
..> > $6 billion and has won 6 Super Bowl rings.
..> >
..> > Kraft, who sold newspapers outside the old Braves
..> > Stadium in Boston as a kid, made an early fortune
..> > in paper & packaging. Today his sports portfolio
..> > also includes the New England Revolution MLS club.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/40/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 10. Shahid Khan (55th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Jacksonville Jaguars, Fulham F.C.
..> > Source of Wealth: Auto Parts
..> > Net Worth: $11.2 Billion (1-Year-Change: 31.8%)
..> >
..> > An engineer by trade, Shahid Khan bought auto parts
..> > supplier Flex-N-Gate from his former employer in 1980.
..> > His design for a one-piece truck bumper was the basis
..> > for his success; the company now has 69 plants world-
..> > wide and over 26,000 employees.
..> >
..> > Khan also owns the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, which
..> > he bought in 2012, & the UK’s Fulham football club, pur-
..> > chased in 2013.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/42/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 9. Stephen Ross (52nd richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Miami Dolphins
..> > Source of Wealth: Real Estate
..> > Net Worth: $11.6 (1-Year-Change: 39.8%)
..> >
..> > Stephen Ross was a tax attorney before founding
..> > Related Companies in 1972 as an affordable housing
..> > developer. In all, Related has developed or acquired
..> > more than $60 billion worth of properties of all kinds
..> > from California to Abu Dhabi to Shanghai.
..> >
..> > After a decade of planning and construction, Related
..> > Co.’s Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s west side opened
..> > to the public in March 2019.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/43/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 8. Stanley Kroenke (48th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Los Angeles Rams, Arsenal F.C., Denver Nuggets,
..> > Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids
..> > Source of Wealth: Sports, Real Estate
..> > Net Worth: $12.9 Billion (1-Year-Change: 20.6%)
..> >
..> > Stan Kroenke is a real estate and sports mogul with an
..> > international portfolio. He owns some 60 million square
..> > feet of real estate — much of it shopping plazas near
..> > Walmart stores.
..> >
..> > Kroenke owns the Los Angeles Rams, which he moved
..> > back to California from St. Louis in 2016.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/44/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 7. Jerry Jones (44th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Dallas Cowboys
..> > Source of Wealth: Dallas Cowboys
..> > Net Worth: $16 Billion (1-Year-Change: 75.8%)
..> >
..> > Jones, co-captain of the University of Arkansas1964
..> > national championship team, has long had football in
..> > his blood. His most valuable holding is the Dallas Cow-
..> > boys, which he bought for $150 million in 1989.
..> >
..> > The team is currently valued at $8 billion. Jones made
..> > a name for himself as an oil wildcatter, making his first
..> > million in oil investments in the 1970s.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/45/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 3. David Tepper (33rd richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Carolina Panthers, Charlotte FC
..> > Source of Wealth: Hedge Funds
..> > Net Worth: $18.5 Billion (1-YEAR CHANGE: 17.1%)
..> >
..> > David Tepper, arguably the greatest hedge fund manager
..> > of his generation, has been steadily returning money to
..> > client investors in recent years.
..> >
..> > Tepper’s Appaloosa Management hedge fund firm now
..> > manages nearly $13 billion, down from a peak of $20
..> > billion. He decided to move from New Jersey to Florida
..> > in 2016 and relocated his hedge fund firm there.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/49/
..> >
..> > ~~~
..> >
..> > 2. Rob Walton (12th richest on Forbes 400)
..> > Team: Denver Broncos
..> > Source of Wealth: Walmart
..> > Net Worth: $56.7 Billion (1-Year-Change: -16.1%)
..> >
..> > Rob Walton is the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam
..> > Walton. Rob Walton took over as chairman upon his
..> > father’s death in 1992. He retired as chairman in June
..> > 2015 & was replaced by his son-in-law, Greg Penner.
..> > Penner still sits on Walmart’s board.
..> > https://www3.forbes.com/business/the-richest-sports-team-owners-on-the-2022-forbes-400-v3/50/
..> >
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> [skip dls insult blather] ... speculation.

A lot of wealth is tied to stocks, & as most
realize, stocks are a fluctuating asset. Also,
much wealth is hidden, so the degree of
individual wealth is a variable depending
on publicly available information & stock
prices.

As for Forbes 400 website saying it only
includes Americans, obviously much of
the wealth in the world is not American,
& I found a world list by Forbes that had
far different wealth figures than their
Forbes 400 list.
https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/
https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Speaking of hidden wealth, Russian mass
murderer/authoritarian dictator/warmonger
Vladimir Putin is per some sources the rich-
est person in the world, yet it appears his
wealth is so well hidden that finding out
how much he's actually worth is buried ...

.... 'neath mountains of secrecy akin to the
hidden wealth within the secrets of the Vat-
ican, difficult to impossible to know, reliably.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/how-rich-is-vladimir-putin-a-look-into-life-of-russian-leader-2838092

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